Improvement in military hats



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

C. L. PASCAL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILITARY HATS.

" Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,900, dated December10, 1861.

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. L. PASCAL, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Military Hats; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to a hat for military use, so formed as to aordprotection to the wearers neck from both the heat of the sun and theeect of storms, and yet capable of such alteration as to present a nea-tand ornamental appearance when used either on dress parade or on otheroccasions; and my invention consists in supplying the body of the hatwith a flap of such a shape and securing it in such a manner as toaccomplish the ends desired.

In order to enable others to make my invention, I will now proceed todescribe the manner in which it is constructed.

On reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecication, Figures 1 and2 are side views of my improved military hat,and Fig. 3 a front view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the body of the hat, and is in this instance of a shape somewhatsimilar to that known as the fatigue-cap, having thevusual shade C, andthe strap and buckle D, the latter being attached to the buttons e e. Aflap B is connected to or forms apart of the body of the hat and is ofthe form plainly represented in the drawings, the ends of the flapprojecting forward and being reduced to nearly a point where there areOpenings a, which are arranged to lit over the buttons t and i', thelatter being secured to the shade C, the shape of these openings beingsuch that the head of the buttons i may readily pass through the largerportion of the openings, and when the flap is drawn back the Shanks ofthe buttons will enter a slit so narrow that it cannot slip over thehead of the buttons t', the flap being thus firmly secured in theposition required. These openings may haveametallic rim introduced inthe manner of an ordinary oeillet to strengthen them and prevent theedges from wearing away.

My object has been to make a military hat light, durable, and suitablefor wearing either as fatigue-cap or dress-hat.

For ordinary use the Iiap of the hat may be turned up and secured, asshown in Fig. 1, in which .position the hat presents an appearance muchneater and more soldier-like than the common felt military hat nowgenerally worn. When it is desirable to protect the wearers neck fromthe rays of the sun or from the efects of a storm, the small ends of theflap are drawn forward until the enlarged portions ofthe openings o comeunder the head of the buttons t', when the ends of the flap are raisedand detached. The flap is then turned down to the position shown in Fig.2, when the ends, now reversed, are again fastened to the buttons i, abrim equivalent to an ordinary Havelock being thus formed, which willeffectually protect the wearer both from rain and the rays of the sun.

When it is desirous to distinguish one arm of the service from another,one side of the iap may be elevated and the other lowered. Thus theinfantry may have the left side of the flap turned up and the right sideturned down, while the cavalry may have the flap reversed, the rightside being turned up and the left down, as seen in Fig. 3.

Officers caps may be distinguished by cords and tassels, plumes, orother ornaments, as heretofore.

On reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the lower portion of theback of the hat-body is curved inward,the hat thus being of a propershape to suit the form of the head.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Amilitary hat having the reversible iap B, formed and arrangedsubstantially as described, when the ends of the said iiap areconstructed for attachment to and detachment from the peak or shade C,in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

C. L. PASCAL.

Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, HENRY I-IowsoN.

